S.C.D.
Amendment Paper as at
Tuesday 1st February 2000
STANDING COMMITTEE D
New Amendments handed in are marked thus *
TERRORISM BILL
NOTE
The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the Committee [18th January], as follows:—
Clauses 1 and 2, Schedule 1, Clause 3, Schedule 2, Clauses 4 and 5, Schedule 3, Clauses 6 to 22, Schedule 4, Clauses 23 to 36, Schedule 5, Clauses 37 to 39, Schedule 7, Clauses 40 to 51, Schedule 6, Clauses 52 to 62, Schedule 8, Clauses 63 to 81, Schedule 9, Clauses 82 to 95, Schedule 10, Clauses 96 to 99, Schedule 11, Clauses 100 to 111, Schedule 12, Clauses 112 to 120, Schedules 13 and 14, Clauses 121 to 125, new Clauses and new Schedules.
Schedule No. 7 (Detention).
Question proposed, That the Schedule, as amended, be the Seventh Schedule to the Bill.
Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Lembit Öpik
Jackie Ballard
112
Clause 42, page 19, line 20, leave out 'expedient' and insert 'strictly necessary'.
Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Lembit Öpik
Jackie Ballard
125
Clause 42, page 19, line 20, at end insert—
'(3A) In this Part "judicial authority" means—
(a) in England and Wales, the Senior District Judge or Chief Magistrate or his deputy or a District Judge or Magistrate who is designated for the purpose of this Part by the Lord Chancellor,
(b) in Scotland, the sheriff and
(c) in Northern Ireland a county court judge or a resident magistrate who is designated for the purpose of this Part by the Lord Chancellor'.
Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Lembit Öpik
Jackie Ballard
124
Clause 42, page 19, line 21, leave out from 'given' to end of line 34 and insert 'by a judicial authority'.
Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Lembit Öpik
Jackie Ballard
126
Clause 42, page 19, line 21, leave out from 'given' to end of line 34 and insert 'by the Secretary of State'.
Mr Charles Clarke
59
Clause 42, page 19, line 31, leave out 'of the City of London police' and insert 'in the City of London police force'.
Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Lembit Öpik
Jackie Ballard
113
Clause 44, page 20, line 23, leave out '28' and insert '14'.
Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Lembit Öpik
Jackie Ballard
114
Clause 45, page 21, line 4, at end add—
'(1A) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under this section that he did not know and had no reasonable cause to suspect that an authorisation under section 42(1) had been made.'.
Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Lembit Öpik
Jackie Ballard
115
Clause 45, page 21, leave out line 7.
Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Lembit Öpik
Jackie Ballard
116
Clause 45, page 21, leave out line 9.
Mr Charles Clarke
60
Clause 46, page 21, line 11, after 'constable', insert 'in uniform'.
Mr Charles Clarke
61
Clause 46, page 21, line 26, leave out 'of the City of London police' and insert 'in the City of London police force'.
Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Lembit Öpik
Jackie Ballard
117
Clause 49, page 22, line 14, leave out 'to prove that' and insert 'if'.
Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Lembit Öpik
Jackie Ballard
122
Clause 49, page 22, leave out line 22.
Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Lembit Öpik
Jackie Ballard
118
Clause 49, page 22, leave out line 24.
Mr Charles Clarke
81
Clause 50, page 22, line 28, at end insert '(in relation to England and Wales and Scotland) or section 14 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (in relation to Northern Ireland)'.
Mr Charles Clarke
62
Schedule 6, page 95, line 35, leave out second 'a' and insert 'the'.
Mr Charles Clarke
86
Schedule 6, page 96, leave out line 3.
Mr David Lidington
Mr John M. Taylor
127
Schedule 6, page 96, line 17, leave out 'nine' and insert 'twenty-four'.
Mr Charles Clarke
63
Schedule 6, page 97, line 11, leave out 'to 4' and insert 'and 3'.
Mr Charles Clarke
64
Schedule 6, page 97, line 41, after 'Great Britain' insert 'or Northern Ireland'.
Mr Charles Clarke
65
Schedule 6, page 99, line 26, at end insert—
'( ) A request to an owner or agent may relate—
(a) to a particular ship or aircraft,
(b) to all ships or aircraft of the owner or agent to which this paragraph applies, or
(c) to specified ships or aircraft.'
Mr Charles Clarke
87
Schedule 6, page 99, line 34, at end insert—
'( ) Sub-paragraphs (2) and (4) shall not require the provision of information which is required to be provided under or by virtue of paragraph 27(2) or 27B of Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971.'
Mr Charles Clarke
88
Schedule 6, page 100, line 6, leave out 'Ballycastle'.
Mr Charles Clarke
89
Schedule 6, page 100, line 16, leave out 'Port of Londonderry'.
Mr Charles Clarke
90
Schedule 6, page 100, line 41, before 'Belfast', insert 'Ballycastle'.
Mr Charles Clarke
91
Schedule 6, page 100, line 43, before 'Warrenpoint', insert 'Port of Londonderry'.
Mr Stephen McCabe
128
Clause 55, page 24, line 16, leave out from 'he' to 'for' in line 18, and insert 'knowingly possesses an article intended'.
Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Lembit Öpik
Jackie Ballard
119
Page 24, line 16, leave out Clause 55.
Mr Stephen McCabe
129
Clause 56, page 24, line 38, leave out 'of a kind likely to be useful to' and insert 'in order to assist'.
Mr Stephen McCabe
130
Clause 56, page 24, line 40, after 'he', insert 'knowingly'.
Mr Stephen McCabe
131
Clause 56, page 24, line 40, leave out 'of that kind' and insert 'in order to assist a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism'.
Mr Stephen McCabe
132
Clause 56, page 25, line 1, leave out subsection (3).
Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Lembit Öpik
Jackie Ballard
120
Page 24, line 37, leave out Clause 56.
Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Lembit Öpik
Jackie Ballard
133
Clause 57, page 25, line 22, after 'Kingdom', insert 'knowing that the other person was—
(i) acting on behalf of, or in connection with, any organisation which carries out activities directed towards the overthrowing or influencing by force or violence, of any government de jure or de facto, and
(ii) by his act of terrorism, intending to carry out such activities;',
Mr Simon Hughes
Mr Lembit Öpik
Jackie Ballard
121
Page 25, line 20, leave out Clause 57.
Mr David Lidington
Mr John M. Taylor
102
Clause 60, page 26, line 36, leave out 'does' and insert 'is convicted of'.
Mr Charles Clarke
135
*Page 27, line 8, leave out Clause 61.
Mr Adam Ingram
83
Clause 62, page 27, line 35, after first 'I', insert 'or III'.
Mr Adam Ingram
84
Clause 62, page 27, line 35, leave out 'Part I or III of that Schedule' and insert 'either of those Parts'.
Mr Adam Ingram
24
Schedule 8, page 113, line 9, leave out 'and'.
Mr Adam Ingram
25
Schedule 8, page 113, line 10, at end insert ', and
() paragraphs 2 and 3 of Schedule [Private security services] subject to note 1 below.'.
Mr Adam Ingram
101
Schedule 8, page 114, line 4, at end insert—
'Note
An extra-territorial offence is not a scheduled offence in any particular case in which the Attorney General for Northern Ireland certifies that it is not to be treated as a scheduled offence.'.
